EU blankets borders with surveillance tech to deter refugees: investigation
A new investigation by The Guardian has shed light on several high-tech surveillance biometrics and deterrent systems deployed by some…
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Contactless biometric international travel: Eurostar trial, Idemia ID2Travel ecosystem
International travel may have entered another round of setbacks with the emergence of the Omicron COVID variant, but biometrics firms…
Yoti pitches offline digital ID to support informal cross-border trade in Lesotho
Informal cross-border trade is crucial to the lives of many people in Lesotho, but 10 percent of the country’s population…
Idemia wins Denmark border biometrics contract, launches ID document security feature
Idemia has been chosen by the Danish National Police service, known as Rigspolitiet, to supply biometric tablets, self-adjusting cameras for facial…
Uncle DHS wants you to help him make better biometrics
Better late than never, the U.S. government wants to find out what people think of facial recognition and other AI…
Technical issues hit EU biometric border plan, potentially delaying 2022 launch
The EU’s updated biometric border control system, Entry/Exit System (EES), is suffering massive technical and organizational problems, and looks to…
ICE drops $3.9M for Trust Stamp’s facial recognition, London Met taps NEC for $4.2M
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recently signed a $3.9 million contract with Trust Stamp for the development…
CBP biometrics for border entry expand in Texas as imposter apprehended
The Anzalduas International Bridge Port of Entry (POE) in Texas will be the site of a new trial of face…
Privacy concerns linger around new EU data sharing Protocol
The Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence, which can include…
eu-LISA industry roundtable to explore AI and biometric database interoperability
EU operational technology management agency eu-LISA is to host an industry roundtable in November focusing on ‘Artificial Intelligence in Large-scale…
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